Levetiracetam XR is a medication often prescribed to treat partial seizures in people with epilepsy. This eMedTV segment explores how the medicine may work, lists side effects that may occur, and offers dosing information for the drug.
Drowsiness, the flu, and nausea are some of the most commonly reported side effects of levetiracetam XR. This eMedTV resource also lists less common but potentially serious side effects that require immediate medical attention.
Levetiracetam XR is used for treating epileptic seizures in adults and adolescents ages 16 and older. This eMedTV article explains how this medication works for partial seizures and also lists possible off-label uses of the medication.
The recommended started levetiracetam XR dosage is two 500 mg tablets once a day. This eMedTV page offers dosing guidelines on this medication, explaining how dosages are slowly increased until a person's seizures are controlled.
At this point, there are no known drug interactions with levetiracetam XR. However, as this eMedTV page explains, levetiracetam XR has not been studied in combination with every drug. It is possible that there are currently unknown drug interactions.
You should talk to your doctor before taking levetiracetam XR if you have anemia or other blood disorders. This eMedTV segment offers more precautions and warnings with levetiracetam XR and includes information on who should not use this medicine.
